London: W.H. Carpenter, 1820. First Edition. 4to, frontispiece, xxxix, 501 [1, errata]; contemporary three-quarter red leather and marbled boards. A contemporary and friend of Pope, Spence was a respected schoalr. His best known work is this posthumously published collection literary anecdotes that informed much subsequent scholarship on eighteenth-century literature. More

New York: Warner Books, 1992. First Edition. 4to, 128pp; spiral bound in anodized aluminum covers. A sensation upon publication at the peak of the pop star's popularity, this compendium of sexual fantasies written by Madonna and edited by O'Brien is illustrated with photographs by Steven Meisel with art direction by..... More

Andernach: Burn Again Press, 1990. First Edition. 8vo, unpag.; light green boards with printed labels on front cover and spine. One of fifty numbered copies signed by Bukowski, the entire edition, published ostensibly in the town of his birth in Germany and marking his seventieth birthday. One of Bukowski's scarcer..... More

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1998. First Edition. 8vo, 144pp; cloth-backed pictorial boards. One of 400 numbered copies handbound in boards, signed by Bukowski, and with an original signed color serigraph portrait of Bukowski by R. Crumb bound in at the front. More

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. First Edition. 8vo, 283pp; cloth-backed pictorial boards. One of 750 hardcover trade copies (there were also 350 numbered and signed hardcover copies), this one has been signed by Bukowski on the title page. More

Liverpool: Printed by J. M'Creery; for T. Cadell, et al. 1802. First Edition. 4to, [uv], i-iv, [1]-487pp; 19th-century marbled boards with gilt calf spine and corners; a.e.g. Account of the life of the Renaissance humanist responsible for the rescue of important works of classical literature. Most notably, Poggio found the..... More

New York: 1980. Single 8-1/2 X 11 inch leaf of Doubleday letterhead; matted and framed. A charming handwritten letter to a Newsweek editor, complimenting her article about fashion icon Diana Vreeland's just-published book Allure, which Onassis edited. "She and I might not have the most objective view of it all-..... More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004. First Edition. 8vo, 310pp; boards. A nice presentation copy, inscribed by Ozick on the title page -- and incorporating the printed title -- to her close friend the writer D.H. Melhem: "For D.H. who is in my heart and in my [world] with great love, gratitude..... More

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1975. First Edition. 8vo, 318 [1]pp; violet cloth. A nice copy of the author's first book. More

Chicago: n.d. (1930s). 8 X 10 inch black and white gelatin silver print on textured matte-surface paper, with photographer's studio insignia in lower left corner. An excellent publicity portrait of Ellington in his prime, inscribed and signed: "To the most charming Carine, loads o luck, Duke." The "Maurice" studio in..... More

New York: Orgone Institute Press, 1946. First English-language edition. 8vo, 344pp; dark blue cloth. More

1977-1988. Thee 4 X 6-inch card, two personalized with Merrill's Stonington, Connecticut address, the third a plain blue postcard; one with original mailing envelope. Friendly notes to a casual friend, referring to letters received, books he's reading and travels to and from Greece. Repeated reference is made to mutual friends..... More

New York: Nov. 28, 1984. Deckle-edged card, approx. 5 X 3-1/2 in., in matching envelope. Merrill writes to founding director of the Academy of American Poets ostensibly to decline an invitation to a holiday party, but he does so in the form of a spontaneously composed four-line poem made up..... More